Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,727, Daniel Flanders, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. N. 76.
Flanders, Daniel Anna
N 14,727
CONTENTS

152 24
Massachusetts
Gabriel Hlanders
of Spencer in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Evans of the Regt. commanded by Col Drake in the Mass. 3 rd reg line for 13 mos.
74 Spencer
Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 Dollars 63 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of June 1833 and sent to Wm H Hart Newburyport
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $86. 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept — 21. 66
$108.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 24

Report
Rate of widow's death not on a B.
83
Massachusetts
Anna Flaherty widow of Daniel Flaherty who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Map Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of June, 1848 and sent to
J. P. Strother Newburyport Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol. 2.

Danee Flanders
Massachusetts
Plate 13 Mark
14049
Mr. Board E Newburyport- Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Sanders  Co of  Wash  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Sep In 17 th Inf ty  Mass 2 private Col Mawrell Col Pitcomb.   " " 2 " Col Smith Col Drake   " " 3 " Col Huse Col Girish   " " 6 " Col Evans Col Wade  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Annsbury Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
He has been an applicant under the Act of 18.18. and under the present Act previous to his application and says his evidence is now in the Department.
George Dayton Examining Clerk.

I Stuart Chase, Clerk of the town of Newbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I have in my possession the Records of Marriages in said town, and that under the Caption of Marriages returned by the Rev. Rev. True Crumbell, appears the following viz—
Daniel Flanders & Anna Merrill, both of Newbury were married December sixteenth Seventeen hundred and eighty four.
I Stuart Chase, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Newbury, and that the above return of marriage is a true extract from the Records of said town, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures thus — December 16, 1784.
Stuart Chase
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex ss. March 31. 1845 -
Then personally appeared the abovenamed Stuart Chase, (whom I certify to be the Clerk of the town of Newbury), and made oath that the above certificate signed by him is true, before me
J. P. Frothingham, Jus. Peace —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 7. 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation James P. Fritchburn was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Daniel Flanders
14049.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Massachusetts, County of Essex ss.
In this nineteenth day of September, A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Salomon Strong, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of record.
Daniel Flanders, a resident of Newbury, in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy two years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
He first enlisted at Amesbury in the year 1777, in the company commanded by Captain Moses Newell, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Pitkins, and served therein at Rhode Island Two months, and was discharged at Rhode Island had no written discharge.
Afterwards enlisted at South Hampton in September 1777, in the company commanded by Captain Leavitt, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Draper, and served therein at Albany, four months, and was then discharged at the Service.
Afterwards enlisted at Amesbury in 1778, in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Huse, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gerrit, and served therein at White Hill - three months, and was then discharged at White Hill -
Afterwards enlisted at Amesbury in the year 1778 in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Evans, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Waite, and served therein at Rhode Island the full term of six months, and was then discharged at East Greenwich.
That soon after the passing of the act of Congress of the 10th March 1818 he made application to the Secretary of War, for its benefits, and accompanied his application with evidence of his said services (under Certificate from the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, Judge of Probate for said County), but the same were returned to him by reason of his not having served in a Continental Establishment.
That he again made application for the benefit of said last mentioned act of June 7th 1832 and his evidence is now before the said Department.
That he was born in Newbury in the year 1760 has a record of his birth which at Newbury upon his voluntarily enlisted in said Service - did not serve as a substitute, refer for testimony as to his character for veracity, and their belief in his revolutionary services - to Thomas Hale, James Little and Ebenezer Hale. Also said Newbury had no written discharge in any case.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present (and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State) Daniel Flanders
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before S. Strong H. C. S.

We, Rev. James Mittimore a clergyman residing in Newbury, afore- said, and Jeremiah Nelson Esquire, a magistrate, residing in New- bury aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Flanders, who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age and upwards; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to, before
(W. W. Gatch) Justice of the Peace
James Mittimore
Jeremiah Nelson
And the said court hereby declared its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and thereon, as he states. And the said court further certifies that Rev. James Mittimore who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in said Newbury; and that the said Jeremiah Nelson Esquire, who has also signed the same is a magistrate, resident at said Newbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Prince Junr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Clerk of Record in said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Flanders for a pension. Also that William W. Gatch is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and that his signature to the affidavits annexed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this nineteenth day of September, A. D. 1802.
John Prince Clerk

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Anna Flanagan Maw Paul
Marp act 17 Mar 1844
Marr'd 1784 husband died 12 Jan'y 1845 adm'd 13 mo's pri 43.33 from 12 Jan'y '45
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J. J. Frothingham Newburyport Mass

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of the 17 th June, 1844, granting pensions to certain widows.
State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss
On this tenth day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five, personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel A. White, Judge of Probate for the County of Essex, Anna Flanders, a resident of Newbury in said County, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 17 th of June, 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of of Daniel Flanders, who was a private during the revolutionary war, and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832, by his certificate numbered 15224 - that he served as she fully believes, first in the Company of Capt. Moses Knowlton, in Col. Pitcairn's Regiment, in Gen. Heath's division; that he enlisted in said Company in the month of May 1777, and served until the last of July in that year when he received his discharge; that in September following, he enlisted in the Company of Capt. Leavitt of North Hampton in Col. Drake's Regiment, in which he served two months, and was in the engagement at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne, and then marched to Albany and New Windsor, where he assisted in building a fort until he was discharged; that in 1778, he again enlisted in Capt. Samuel Huse's Company in Col. Gerrish's Regiment, and in Gen. Heath's division, where he served three months. he then enlisted in Capt. Jonathan Evans' Company, in Col. Wade's Regiment, under Gen. Sullivan, in which he served six months -
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Flanders, on the sixteenth day of December, in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Flanders, died at said Newbury, on the twelfth day of January 1845; that she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time abovenoted.
Witness J. P. Frothingham
Anna X Flanders mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year abovenoted, before me,
D. A. White Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that the honorable Daniel A. White, before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made, is the judge of probate for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature; the same being done in open probate court.
Given

Given under my hand and seal of office this tenth day of June, A.D. 1895.
Nathaniel Jones

April 5, 1937
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Mrs. Harry A. Kunkle 401 East Eighth Street Ellsworth, Kansas
DANIEL FLANDERS W. 14727 BA-J/MLB Q
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Daniel Flanders as found in pension claim, W. 14727, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Flanders was born in 1760, in Amesbury, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Daniel Flanders volunteered in May, 1777, served as private in Captain Moses Nowell's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's Massachusetts regiment, assisted in building a fort in Rhode Island and was discharged the last of July, following. He enlisted in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, where he was residing for a short time, in September, 1777, served as private in Captain Leavitt's company, Colonel Drake's New Hampshire regiment, was in an engagement when Burgoyne surrendered, after which he marched to Albany, and to New Windsor where he assisted in building a fort and was discharged after having served a tour of two or three months. He enlisted in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in 1778, served three months as private in Captain Samuel Huse's company, Colonel Gerrish's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted again in 1778, served as private in Captain Jonathan Evans' company, Colonel Wade's Massachusetts regiment, went on General Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island, and was discharged after serving on this tour six months.
In 1818, the soldier was a resident of Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Daniel Flanders was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1832, while a resident of Newbury, Massachusetts, where he died January 12, 1845.

Daniel Flanders married December 16, 1784, Anna Merrill, in Newbury, Massachusetts, of which town they were both then residents, and where their marriage was recorded in the Town Clerk's Office. It is not shown that the soldier ever had any wife other than Anna.
Soldier's widow, Anna Flanders, was allowed pension on her application executed October 9, 1845, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Newbury or Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.
No reference was made in the claim to children.
In 1845, one Louisa J. Flanders witnessed the signature by mark of soldier's widow, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. In 1848, her signature by mark was witnessed again by one L. J. Flanders, in the same town, but no relationship to the family was shown in either case.
Daniel Flanders' sister, Anna Tuxbury, in 1835 was aged seventy-six years and the wife of Isaac Tuxbury then aged seventy-eight years, at which time they were residents of Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, and stated that they were married as early as March, 1776.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Anna Flanders, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Anna Flanders, widow of Daniel Flanders, certificate #83, issued June 12, 1848, rate $43.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act February 2, 1848, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Mrs. Harriet in St. Ottawa, Ill. to Lt. Daniel All. M. E. Anna J. ... M. E.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Feb. 18/75 Mil. A. St. Jacques, 102 March 26/75 Mil. A. G. Daffett, Ind. Mrs. ... Ottawa, Ill. Apr. 5 - Dist to Mrs. Harry
No. 14727 Anna Gilanders Widow of Daniel Gilanders Pr. Mar 1875
Act: Feb 22 48
Index: Vol. a , Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 152 ✓ Anna Flanagan Map
Atkins J.P. Nottingham 6. Oct. 1845.
ad 17 June 1844.

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Massachusetts
Anna Flanders
widow of Daniel Flanders who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 12. January 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of June, 1846. and sent to J. P. Frothingham Newburyport, Mass.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D. Vol. 1, Page 57.

152. June 17. 1845. July 14. 1845.
Anne Flanders
June 17. 1844
20 Paid L. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions - Washington - D.C.

Newburyport - July 9. 1845. - J. L. Edwards, Esq. Comr. of Pensions.
Dear Sir
Permit me to enclose to you the Declaration and accompanying documents in behalf of Anna Flanders, widow of Daniel Flanders - If all are right, will you have the kindness to send to me the Certificate to which she may be entitled and you will much oblige
Yr Most Obedt Servt.
J. H. Northingham -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
Daniel Slanders, late of Newbury in said county, yeoman, deceased, intestate, a revolutionary pensioner, died on the twelfth day of January, A.D. 1845; that he left a widow, Anna Slanders, and she is still living, his widow;
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of April, A. D. 1845.
Nath. Lord Jr.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Flanders which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Benjamin Barnard of South Hampton in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Gentlemen do testify and say that I am acquainted with Daniel Hlanders of Newbury in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do know that he was a Soldier in the war of the revolution and served in the army of the United States in the year 1777 under Captain Loret in Colonel Drake's Regiment for two Months or more the said Daniel Hlanders lived at South Hampton in the State of New Hampshire at the time of his enlistment.
South Hampton April 4 th 1810
Benj r Barnard
I Joseph Jones of South Hampton in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Gentlemen do testify and say that I am acquainted with Daniel Hlanders of Newbury in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do know that he was a Soldier in the war of the revo- lution and served in the army of the United States in the year 1777 under Captain Loret for two Months or more the said Daniel Hlanders lived in South Hampton in the State of New Hampshire at the time of his enlistment
South Hampton April 4 th 1810
Rockingham April 4 th 1810 Joseph Jones then the above named Benjamin Barnard and Joseph Jones personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the above Depositions by them subscribed before me
Samuel Barnard Justice of Peace

I hereby further state that the within named Benjamin Barnard and Joseph Jones are credible witnesses
Samuel Barnard Justice Peace
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that on the fourth day of April A.D. 1818. Samuel Barnard before whom the Affidavits of Benjamin Barnard and Joseph Jones was a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham then I believe that his signature to the Certificate thereof is in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 24 th day of February A.D. 1833
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County.

July 26 1832,
Continued Office
To Honorable Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War Washington.

To the Honorable Lewis Cass. Secretary of War.
Daniel Flanders of Newbury, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, asks leave respectfully to Represent
That he served in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution more than Thirteen months, at different enlistments in the years 1777 and 1778. — That soon after the passing of the act of Congress of the 18th of March A.D. 1818, he made application to Honorable Daniel A. White, for the benefits thereof, and forwarded to the Secretary of War his declaration, with the Judge's Certificate, and evidence of his said Service, which he then merely believed to be in compliance with the Act, but his application was not considered admissible, by reason of his not having served nine months in continuous service. — That now believing, that provision has been made for him, in and by the Act of Congress of the 7th of June A.D. 1832, he would respectfully request that the said papers and documents, which he now asks leave to annex, may be examined, and if deemed satisfactory, that his name may be inscribed on the Pension list, roll of the Massachusetts Agency, in such amount, as you shall consider him entitled to receive under the said Act, and that Certificate therefor may be forwarded for him to the War Dept. Newburyport. — That he is now seventy two years of age (and upwards) — resides in said Newbury, and has always resided there, except while in said Service, and for a short time previous thereto in New Hampshire in South Hampton. — That he hereby relinquishes all claim for pension, except such as you shall be pleased to award to him under this application.
Daniel Flanders
Newburyport July 21. 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport July 21. 1832. Then Daniel Flanders above named who is personally known to me, personally came, and made oath, in due form of Law, to the truth of the facts and allegations, stated by him in the above written application, by him subscribed in my presence —
before me W. W. North Justice of the Peace
I Daniel Flanders above named in addition to my former declaration and in explanation thereof, do on oath declare that the first campaign made in 1777 in Captain Newell's Company, which is stated in said

in said declaration to have been from May to July of that year - was more than two months, but that my memory does not serve me sufficiently to state the day of my enlistment or the day of my discharge. I feel confident that I enlisted in the month of May, and did not return home until September following.
Daniel G. Landers
Edder So. Newburyport March 18th 1832. Then Daniel Landers above named made oath to the truth of the above written and signed declaration stated and subscribed by him in my presence.
W. W. Cates Justice of the Peace

I Oliver Goodridge of Newbury in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I know Daniel Hlander of Newbury and do know that he served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution in Captain Jonathan Lewis Company six months --
Oliver Goodridge
April 3 1810.
Essex ss. I do hereby certify that the above named Oliver Goodridge whose deposition was reduced to writing by me is personally well known to me and that he is a credible witness. W. Oakes Justice of the Peace
I Joseph Brown of Newbury in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath do testify & say that I know Daniel Hlander of Newbury and do know that he served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution in Captain Moses Howells Company two months -
Joseph Brown
April 3 1810.
Essex ss. I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Brown whose deposition was reduced to writing by me is personally well known to me and that he is a credible witness. W. Oakes Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Probate office, March 4, 1833.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that William Oakes Esquire, before whom the above written affidavits purport to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that his signatures above are genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year above written.
Nathaniel Lord Jr.

Daniel Flanders 1833 1878
Haverbury - Mass:
Daniel A. White, Esq., Judge Essex county, Mass ts -
Daniel Flanders, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary claim.
Inadmissible - the applicant not having served nine months in continuance, at any period of the revo- -lutionary war.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I Daniel A White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify that Daniel Hlander of Salem in said County personally appear- ed, on the Third day of April A.D. 1810, and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me, that Oliver Carriage & Joseph Brown also made oath before me to the truth of the annexed affidavits by them respectively signed & reduced to writing from their statement in my presence; that I have no doubt the annexed affidavits of Benj t Hammond & Joseph Jones were duly taken & sworn to as thereon certified, and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Hlander served in the revolutionary war, as set forth in his said declara- tion.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the fourth day of May in the year aforesaid. D. A. White.

I Daniel Flanders of Newbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify and declare that I served in the Army of the United States of America in the war of the revolution as follows viz I enlisted in May 1777 as a private soldier in Captain Moses Merrill's Company in Colonel Jonathan Doolittle's Regiment and in General Heath's division, and assisted in building a fort in the state of Rhode Island and continued in said company until the last of July of that same year when I was discharged & returned home. In September following I enlisted in the service under Captain Leavitt of Major Hambleton's in Colonel Drake's Regiment in which I served for two months and was in the engagement with the enemy when Burgoyne surrendered and then marched to Albany and New Berne where I assisted in building a fort until I was discharged. In 1778 I again enlisted in Captain Samuel Hovey's Company - Colonel Gossick's Regiment in General Heath's division where I served three months - then enlisted in Captain Jonathan Egan's Company in Colonel Wood's Regiment under General Sullivan in which I served six months, my discharge is lost and I am unable to find it - but being poor and in need of the aid of my friends for support I am induced to make application for the benefit of the act of Congress providing assistance for soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Flanders

Hon. Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War
Washington

Newburyport March 16 th 1833.
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Sir
Will you allow me to forward you herein, the application of Daniel Flandon, for the benefit of the Act of Congress, amended as required, and at his request respectfully to ask, that reference may be had to his subsequent declaration before the Court made conformably to the regulations of the War Department.
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
Yr M ost Obed t Servant
(W. W. O'Callaghan)

J.P. Frithingham 4. Oct. 1848

50 Pension Office October 4. 1845
Sir,
In the case of Anna Flanders widow of Daniel Flanders under the act of 17 June 1844, the date of the marriage is satisfactory, but the service of her husband should be verified by the records in the office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Her alleged he served 2 mos in 1777 under Capt. Flanders Col. Pitcairn; 2 mos in same year under Capt. Scamill Col. Pratt, 3 mos in 1778 under Capt. Hase Col. Green, and 6 mos in same year under Capt. Evans Col. Mace
A. P. Ingham Esq Newburyport Mass

Newburyport, April 15. 1826.
J. L. Edwards Esq - Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I enclose herewith a certificate of the Secy of War, respecting the revolutionary service of Daniel Flanders - In regard to his service under Capt. Leavitt, Col. Drake, you will perceive by the certificate that there are no rolls in the office, and unless there are rolls of that service in your department, I shall at the present moment be unable to give evidence of it - While the old gentleman lived, he said to me quite a number of times, that he did not receive a pension for his whole service; he may have been mistaken, but he was a man of sound mind and memory, and I feel that he would not understandingly state what was not true: his widow is now very poor and needs all which can be with propriety allowed her -
Very Resp y
Y. Obed Serv t Jas. P. Cunningham

I Amos Morrill of Salisbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years, on oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Daniel Hlanders of Newbury, in said county. And I do know that he the said Daniel Hlanders did serve as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Jonathan Evans, in Col. Wadsworth Regiment, under General Sullivan, at Rhode Island, in the year 1778. the full term of six months, in the Army of the Revolutionary War. Amos Morrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Town of Salisbury January 16 th 1833. Then Amos Morrill above named personally appeared and made oath in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written declaration by him subscribed in my presence.
And I also certify that I am well acquainted with said Morrill and that he is a credible witness.
Edward Dorr, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Probate office, March 14, 1833.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Edward Dorr esquire, before whom the affidavits hereto annexed of Isaac Tuxbury and Anna Tuxbury and of Amos Morrill, respectively, purport to have been taken, is, and was, at the times of the several dates of his certificates thereon, a justice of the peace for said county; and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office the day and year above written.
Nath. Lord Jr.

We, Isaac Tuxbury of Amesbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Anna Tuxbury his wife, on oath testify and declare that we are well acquainted with Daniel Flanders of Newbury in said county of Essex, he the said Daniel being a brother of the said Anna: And we do know that the said Daniel Flanders did serve as a soldier in the American Army of the Revolutionary War, under several enlistments, but cannot tell the particular time, or number of times: We lived together, in a married state in March 1776; and the said Anna, used to attend to repairing the said Daniel's clothes, and fixing him away for his several expeditions. That the said Isaac is seventyeight and the said Anna seventysix years of age.
Isaac Tuxbury
Anna Tuxbury
Essex, ss. January 18 th 1833. Then personally appeared Isaac Tuxbury and Anna Tuxbury, above named, and made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the above written declaration, by them subscribed in my presence. And I also certify that the said Isaac and Anna are credible witnesses.
Edward Dorr, Just. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Dec. 16. 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Daniel Flanders of Amesbury, is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Moses Nowell's company, in Col Sibley's regt for service at Rhode Island, as a private, from May 4 to July 4. 1777, inclusive, with allowance of 180 Miles travel, 2 Months & 9 days - Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Samuel Mase's Company, in Col Jacob Gerrish's regt, as a private, from April 3 to July 12 1778. inclusive, 3 Months & 9 days - Upon a Pay roll of Capt Jonathan Evans's Company, in Col Nathaniel Wade's regt, as a private, from July 20 1778 to January 1 1779. inclusive, with allowance of 113 Miles travel, 5 Months & 18 days. No rolls of Capt Leavitt, Col Drake. The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name as shown by the Records (Military) in this office.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Patten
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

1609
I am now seventy eight years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this fifth
day of October
A. D. 1845.
Anna Flanders
Signed by said in my presence,
Anna Flanders
W. Frothingham
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Witness
Louisa J. Flanders

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of Massachusetts
County of Essex
Town of Newburyport
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband's service in the war of the Revolution. (Daniel Sanders')
He enlisted from the town of Newbury or Newburyport in the County of Essex  Essex and State of Massachusetts in the year 1777, as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stowell in Col. Pitcairn's Regiment, Genl. Heath's division , and he served as follows,* viz:— in said Company of Capt. Stowell two or three months — in the Company of Capt. Leavitt, Col. Drake, two or three months — in the Company of Capt. Huse, Col. Gornish, in Genl. Heath's division three months — and in Capt. Jonathan Evans' Company in Col. Wadsworth's Regiment six months — I have often heard my late husband say that he did not receive pay for all the time of his service, but I am unable to specify any other service particularly
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the soldier, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

Anna Flanders
Adm o

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of 2 nd February 1848, entitled, "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Essex, }
On this twenty first day of April, 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, Anna Flanders, a resident of Newbury, in said County, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Daniel Flanders, who was a private in the revolutionary war, and served in Capt. Moses Howells Company. Col. Pitkin's Regt. in Capt. Leavitt's Comp y Col. Drake - in Capt. Samuel Huse's Comp y , Col. Gernick, and in Capt. Jonathan Evans' Comp y , under Col. Wade - as she believes,
and that she has received an Annual pension of Forty three dollars, and thirty three cents, under the Act of 17 th June, 1844.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness L. K. Flanders
Anna her + Flanders mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me; and I certify that said declarant is personally known to me.
James P. Fitchingham Jus. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 1 st 1811.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation James B. Southingham, was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. C. Cushing
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Callahan North Mid
Ottawa, Illinois, January 28 th 1890. The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
As I desire to join the Order of the Daughters of the American Revolution, I apply to you for information in regard to my Grandfather Daniel Flanders Sr. whom I have reason to believe served in the Revolutionary Army.
He received a government land bounty. The land was situated in Ohio.
His widow received a pension. Her given name was I believe "Susan" or "Susan Mary" or "Mary Susan" Flanders.
My Grandfather Daniel Flanders Sr. lived and died in Newburyport, Mass. and probably enlisted from there.
Yours Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Harriet H. Jaques. 1022 Union St.                      Ottawa, Illinois. LaSalle Co.

Headquarters Second Battalion, Illinois Naval Militia.
DANIEL C. DAGGETT, LIEUT. COMMANDER.
STAFF:
JOHN H. PORTER, Adjutant. WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH, Ordnance Officer. WALTER AMMERMAN, Paymaster. LEWIS D. DUNN, Surgeon. ROBERT C. J. MEYER, Assistant Surgeon.
Moline, Illinois, Febry 1st 1895.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir;
Will you please give me a copy of the record of the military service of
Daniel Flanders, during the Revolutionary War .
The only information at hand, is as follows.
Daniel Flanders - born 1759, died at Newburyport, Mass Jan. 1845. received land bounty, situated in Ohio.
His wife, Susan (Merrill) Flanders, born 1769, died Newburyport, Febry 1855. The wife drew a pension after the death of her husband.
Respectfully,
Daniel C. Daggett.

JACQUES & JACQUES, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ABSTRACTS AND CONVEYANCES.
ROOM 15 OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
Ottawa, Ill. April 24, 189 5
Hon. William Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me the following information, date and place of birth, marriage, date and place of same, date and place of death, of Anna Merrill Flanders, widow of Daniel Flanders, a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted from Amesbury, Mass, May 4, 1777, as a private in Captain Moses Nowell's Company, and Colonel Titcomb's Regiment, Daniel Flanders, applied for a pension on April 3, 1813, and his residence at the time of the application was Newbury, Mass, he died on January 25. 1845, his widow I believe drew a pension. I am the Great Grand -daughter of Daniel and Anna Merrill, Flanders.
Very respectfully yours,
Anna Jeannette Jacques.

Ellsworth, Kansas February 26, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington, District of Columbia
Gentlemen:
We should like to know if a man by the name of Matthew McClure, of Nashville, Tennessee, ever re- ceived a pension for services in the War Revolutionary, or if his wife ever received one.
If there is any pension record for this man, will you please send me a copy of this record, or inform me if you have a fee for this service.
Some of the descendants of this man wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, and do not have the data they need. We thought perhaps you might have a record in your files.
Your prompt attention to this will be appreciated by us.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Harry A. Kunkle
Organizing Regent Daughters of the American Revolution.

Ellsworth, Kansas, February 23, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
Gentlemen:
Acting upon advice received from the Adjutant General's Office, I am writing to ask if you have any pension records for the following names of men, who fought in the War of the Revolution:
✓ Daniel Flanders ○ ✓ Enoch Flanders ○ Phineas Freeman ○ Jacob Wasson ○ ✓ Solomon Sage ✓ Samuel Sage
If you find any of these names in your Revolutionary War records, will you please inform me of the fact? Would also like to know how much you would charge to make us a copy of such record.
We are organizing a Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Ellsworth, and need some of the information which your records may contain.
Your prompt attention will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Harry A. Kunkle
Organizing Regent Daughters of the American Revolution.

Ellsworth, Kansas March 23, 1937
Mr. A. D. Hiller Executive Assistant to Administrator Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Your very courteous letter received today with relation to list of names which I sent you. I was out of the city, and found your letter on my arrival home.
I am enclosing herewith your letter, as requested, and have found out the following data concerning two of the men:
only in files Daniel Flanders:
married Elizabeth Eastman - this is all I was able to find out about this man, except that he lived at Amesbury, Mass.
19 Pa. Co. Conn Samuel Sage:
Born in 1746 - Married Elinor Edwards - Married about 1781 - Residence Cromwell (or Middletown) Connecticut. His father's name was Solomon Sage, Sr., born 1720.
Your prompt reply will be appreciated, as we need this information for two of our applicants, and are expecting to organize after the D. A. R. National Board meeting on April 17th, and there is not much time left.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Harry A. Kunkle
Organizing Regent Daughters of the American Revolution.
P.S. Would also like to know about Edward Lafferty , of Harrison County, Pennsylvania, who married Elizabeth Ramage, born about 1730.
Mrs. H.A.K.
enc. of W.S.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
March 16, 1937
YOUR REFERENCE
IN REPLY REFER TO:
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Mrs. Harry A. Kunkle 401 East Eighth Street Ellsworth, Kansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request information relative to Daniel Flanders, Enoch Flanders, Phineas Freeman, Jacob Wasson, Solomon Sage and Samuel Sage, also, Matthew McClure, of Nashville, Tennessee, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of Enoch Flanders, Phineas Freeman, Jacob Wasson, Solomon Sage or Matthew McClure, under any spelling of surnames. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
In order to identify the records of the particular soldiers of the Revolutionary War named Daniel Flanders and Samuel Sage, should they be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to each should be furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. Write
Please return these letters with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div. P. R. M. E. C.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11, 1895.
Madam:-
Replying to your communication requesting information relative to Anna Merrill Flanders, widow of David Flanders, a Revolutionary soldier, I have the honor to advise you that her pension papers have been carefully examined and the date and place of her birth and death are not given. In 1845 she was residing in the town of Newbury, Mass., and seventy-eight years of age.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Anna J. Jaques, Ottawa, Ill.

April 5, 1937
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Mrs. Harry A. Kunkle 401 East Eighth Street Ellsworth, Kansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Flanders, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, who, you state, married Elizabeth Eastman; Enoch Flanders, Phineas Freeman, Jacob Wasson, Samuel Sage who was born in 1746, married in 1781 Elinor Edwards and resided in Cromwell (or Middletown), Connecticut, also the record of Samuel Sage's father, Solomon Sage; Matthew McClure of Nashville, Tennessee, and of Edward Lafferty of Harrison County, Pennsylvania, who married Elizabeth Ramage born about 1730.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file in this office based upon service in the Revolution of the Samuel Sage described by you; or of any Edward Lafferty, Enoch Flanders, Phineas Freeman, Jacob Wasson, Solomon Sage or Matthew McClure, under any spelling of those surnames. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. It is suggested that information in regard to the military service of the above-named soldiers might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
The record of the only soldier named Daniel Flanders found in the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

C. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
D. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
N.B.C.
Washington, D. C., February 13, 1895.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Daniel Flanders --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. May 1777 2 mos. Pvt. Moses Howell Titcomb Mass. Sept. 1777 2 mos. Pvt. Leavitt Drake Mass. ? 1778 3 mos. Pvt. Samuel Duse Gerrish Mass. 1778 6 mos. Pvt. Jonathan Evans Wade Mass.
Battles engaged in,
Burgoyne's Surrender.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amesbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, April 6, 1818. ?
Residence at date of application, Newbury, Mass.
Age at date of application, Born at Amesbury, Mass., in 1760.
Remarks: Married Anna Merrill December 16, 1784, and died January 25, 1845. ?
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Harriet H. Jaques,
Commissioner.
1904blm 1022 Gideon St.
Ottawa, Ill.